Metallic burial-vault



A. A. ARNOLD.

METALLIC BURIAL VAULT.

APPucAlor.' FILED APR.29. 1920.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.ALFRED A. ARNOLD, OF GALION, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GALION METALLIC VAULT COMPANY, OF GALION, OHIO.

METALLIC BURIAL-VA'ULT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Application led April 29, 1920. Serial No. 377,672.

To all whom t may concern adapted for shipment in that it is so constructed that the ends and the door .thereof do not `become jammed or sprung out of place in shipment as may be the case with the usual types of metallic burial vaults.

The invention also has as an Aobject the provision. of a vault end including a flange or flanges at right angles to the plane of the vault end and secured in place by welding or the like.

. a modified construction of the rear end.

In detail the vault as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive' comprises a substantiall tubular body portion l which may be of any suitable form such, for instance, as practically rectangular in form but with fiat bottom and sides, the head or top portion being bulged as shown at 2 so that it will be set upright during shipment.

In producing the vault shown, a metal sheet is worked up into a tubular-body of the proper dimensions to form the vault. and the rear end 3, consisting of a metallic plate. is set in place within the end of the body, said plate being placed inwardly of the body a sufficient amount to permit the edge of the body to be beaded down over the end as shown at 4. However, previous to beading down the edge as shown at 4 the end 3 is secured in place by depositing. by oxyacetylene or electric welding, a metallic fillet 5 at the juncture of the end 3 with the body of the vault thus forming an integral seal and support for the end 3 after which the bead 4 is produced in any suitable manner, thus preventing displacement of the end either inwardly or outwardly of the body 1.

Similarly, 'the front end or head comprises an angle iron 7 having the flange 8 set into the body 'l of the vault, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the edge of the vault may be beaded therearound as shown at S). However, previous to the beading the metallic fillet 10 is deposited by Oxy-acetylene or electric welding to form an integral part of the angle iron 7 and body 1 in the same manner as was done with the end 8. After this the beading 9 is produced in any suitable manner.

Mounted lon hinges 11 secured to the side wall of the body 1 is a door 12 provided Awith locking members 13 moved outwardly by a central member 14 operatedby the spindle 15 whereby said members 13 may be caused to engage behind the angle iron 7 when the door 12 is closed. The door 12 is of proper proportions to fit within the recess formed by the` angle iron 7.

In the vault shown in Fig. 1 the tubular body 1a is formed of sheets bent to proper coperating shape and riveted together as shown. `The ends are mounted in the same manner as described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2 and hence no description is necessary. However, in either form of the vault rivets may be used in connecting the angle irons to the body l as well as the welded fillet.

The fragmentary View shown in Fig. 3 shows the angle iron 16 reversed in position from that shown in Fig. 2 and with the fillet 17 on the interior thereof in which case it is possible to omit the beading down of the edge of the tubular body, leaving a right angle joint on the exterior into which the door sheet fits thereby protecting the door edges.

vto such an extent that it cannot be damaged `in any wa during the handlin of the vault.

It is, o course, recognized t at the endl 3 i may be similarly set into the rear end of the vault by using a member similar to the an le iron 16 with a sheet of metal forming t e end closure. 7

In Fig. 4 is shown a T iron 18 which may be used equally as well as the angle iron, or

a channel iron 19 may be used, in either case being held in place by the metal fillet 20 or 21 as the case may be.

zIhe rear end may` be formed of a sheet carrying a flange as indicated at 22 and provided with a metal fillet 23.

I claim:

1. A metal vault comprising a tubular body having its end edges beadedan end fitting against the inner side of the bead, and a fillet in the angle defined by the body and the inner face of the end and integrally i united with the end: and the body.

2. A metal vault comprising a tubular body havinginset ends, welded fillets holding the ends in )osition against inward displacement, and eaded means retaining the ends against outward displacement and forming a finished joint between said body and ends.

3. A metal vault comprisino a body having an inset end, und a niiet integran united with the body and the end and hol ing said end against displacement.

4. A metal vault comprising a tubular body, an inset head havin@ a peripheral flan re at right angles to the Wall of the hea a metallic fillet deposited integrally with the head and body on the inner side thereof, and a bead formed by peening the edge of the body on the edre of said ange.

n testimony whereof I aix my signature.

vALFRED A. ARNOLD. [1.. 5.] 

